Oil-burner.



L. BOATWRIGHT.

OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYB, 191s.

1';G75,396; Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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OIL-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Application filed July 9, 1913. Serial Ifl'o. 778,057.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS BOATWRIGHT, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Paducah, in the county of Mo- Cracken and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Oil-Burners, of which the follow' ing is a specification.

This invention relates to oil burners and particularly to adevice in which the burner flame and the heat therefrom serves to vaporize the liquid fuel and to raise the temperature'thereof to such a degree as to effectively support combustion whereby the flame produces an intense heat as compared with other burners which are to consume the oil in a vaporized state.

A further object of this invention is to provide an oil burner having ni ples or tubes of durable metal which will withstand the heat, thereby increasing the durability of the burner as compared with such burners as are formed of pipe with orifices or apertures therein in which the combustion takes place.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a burner having a circuitous channel for the passage of the liquid fuel, the said passage being in such relation to the flame as to be affected by the heat therefrom, means being provided for deflecting the heat and directing it to the conductors or pipes through which the liquid fuel is delivered to the burners.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and. combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, ref- .erence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whichv Figure 1 illustrates of a burner embodying the invention; Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line 3*?) of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 illustrates a transverse sectional view of a fuel pipe with a nipple applied thereto.

In these drawings 5 having annular flanges 6 formed intermediate the length and width thereof, the said a view in elevation depended upon denotes a drip pan.

flanges forming passages for air which will aid in supporting combustion, furthermore creating a draft which will produce a flame uniform in its character. The flanges have recesses 7 forming seats in which small troughs 8 are laid, the said troughs supporting a fuel pipe 9, said fuel pipe being provided with nipples 10, each of which is above one of the flanges 6. By reason of the fact that the nipples 10 are utilized for the purpose of conveying the vapor to the at mosphere and constitute burners, construction is produced which will withstand unusual heat without deterioration.

The fuel pipe 9 which may be termed the burner pipe and nated has a coupling 11 by which the fuel supply pipe 12 is oined to it, said fuel sup- P y P p fuel supply pipe 13 which leads to able source of liquid fuel supply. burner pipe, as well as the supply pipes 12 and 13, extend parallel to one another, and the supply pipes 12 and 13 are preferably in the zone of the diffused heat from any suitthe burners in order that the fuel supply passing therethrough may be heated and eventually vaporized before being discharged through the nipples 10. For the purpose of preventing the fuel supply pipe 18 from becoming damaged through the intense heat from the the nipples 10, the said pipe 13 has shields 1d attached to it, by means of which clips partially embrace the said pipe 13 and have their ends secured to the shields by appropriate fastenings such as shown at 16, which fastenings may be in the nature of rivets, or other securing devices. As has been stated, the shields 14: serve to protect the pipe and at the same time diffuse the heat or deflect it' and the said shields may be set at an angle with relation to the horizontal to effectively deflect the heat toward the fuel supply pipe 12, thus to a greater degree utilizing the said heat. for raising the temperature of the fuel passing through the fuel supply pipe 12 and it is obvious that the degree or angle of in clination of the said shields with respect to the fuel supply pipe decrease or increase the intensity of the heat deflected toward the said'pipe and this is particularly the operator to increase or diminish the a durable- The.

the clips 15,

' 10 will be hereafter so desig= 12 being further extended by the i flames issuing from 12 may be varied to desirable as it enables produced by the flames in .the troughs or by.

the'heat of the flames in the burners It is also obvious from an inspection of the drawing that the valve417 which is interposed in the burner pipe between the said burners will enable the use of both burners simultaneously or if desired, one burner may be used exclusive of the other by shutting off the flow of fuel to theburner beyond the valve. The valve may be of any appropriate construction.

1. In an oil burner, a drip pan, flanges thereon and extending therefrom to form air channels, said flanges having-recesses in their upper edges forming seats, troughs in the seats, a burner pipe su portedin the troughs, burners applied to te burnerpipes and 'in communication with the interior thereof, means for supplying fuel to the burner, pipe, said means comprising lengths of fuel pipes parallel with the burner pipe,

and deflecting shields suspended from one of the said supply plpes in position to deflect the heat from the burners to the other of the said fuel supply pipeswhereby the fuel delivered to the burner pipe is vaporized.

2. In an oil burner, a drip pan, troughs, means for supporting the troughs above the drip pan, a burner pipe in the troughs, said burner pipe having nipples forming burners, fuel feed pipes parallel with each other and with the burner pipe, said burner pipe and fuel feed pipes being on different planes, and combined shields and deflectors suspended from one of the fuel pipes over the said burners and adjustable to deflect the heat for vaporizing the fuel delivered by the said fuel pipes. I In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS BOATWRIGHT. Witnesses:

W. P. HUMM L, Roscoe REED. 

